Scientists say there are about one billion carbon nanotubes in a square centimeter of Vantablack.

科学家称每平厘米的纳米管黑中就有10亿个纳米管。

Each link responds to one particular gas, by changing how the nanotubes conducts electricity.

通过改变纳米管的式，每个链接都对应一种特定气。

But so far, we've only been able to manufacture very small nanotube chains.

但到目前为止，我们能做出的纳米管线非常小。

First, they coated these with carbon nanotubes, to improve their conductivity.

首先，他们在这些木条子外面包上了纳米，以提高它们的性。

The carbon nanotubes help conduct electricity and keep the tattoo on the skin.

纳米管有助于并将纹身留在皮肤上。

For the new application, the scientists added links to the circuit made of carbon nanotubes.

而对于这样一款新应用程序，科学家们在纳米管制成的线回路加上了链接。

Yet, nestling amid the quarks and transistors and the nucleic acids and nanotubes, there is a question.

然而，就在夸克、半、酸和纳米管等 涌现的同时，出现了一个问题。

Similarly, Vantablack, the least reflective artificial material, traps photons in a forest of carbon nanotubes standing on their ends.

同样，Vantablack这种最不反光的人造材料将末端纳米管丛中的光子困住。

However, more than 99 percent of Vantablack isn't made up of nanotubes — it's actually free space.

但事实上，99%的纳米管黑并不是由纳米管构成的——其实就是自由空间。

The fuzzy structures in the feathers work like a cage for light, just like those carbon nanotubes.

羽毛中的模糊结构就像光的笼子，就像那些纳米管一样。

Because of the regular alignment of the nanotubes, they were able to stress the material from various directions.

由于纳米管呈规律状排列，他们能够从不同的向对材料施加作用力。

The carbon nanotubes are there to conduct electricity.

而纳米管则用于。

There were even groups trying to make an elevator to space using carbon nanotubes.

甚至有团试图使用纳米管制造通往太空的梯。

The idea of creating super black surfaces out of carbon nanotubes is not in itself.

利用纳米管制造超黑表面的想法本身并不新鲜。

What if silkworms were fed carbon nanotubes?

如果给蚕喂食纳米管会怎么样？

Nanotubes are as small as they sound.

纳米管和听起来一样小。

If you unfurl the nanotube, you would get another extremely promising and hyped material, Graphene.

如果你展开纳米管，你会得到另一种非常有前途和大肆宣传的材料，石墨烯。

To embed the nanotubes, the engineers used a process called vascular infusion.

为了将纳米管嵌入，工程师们使用了一种称为血管注射的过程。

Carbon nanotubes, along with powerful geo-sensing devices, have been paramount in the structure's design.

纳米管和强大的地理传感设备在该结构的设计中起着至关重要的作用。

Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers or carbon nanotubes into paving materials.

格雷戈里表示，你可以将少量的合成纤维或纳米管混入铺路材料中。